Cole's Express

Cole's Express
Bangor, ME
MC-093682 DoT 50754
Cole's Express was Maine's largest freight company until its sale in 1992 to Roadway

Coles Express
Company-Histories.com - Coles Express Inc Company History
Encyclopedia.com-.Coles Express Inc.
Youtube - (1971) Coles Express: Maine's Uncommon Carrier trucking film
Route Map - 1972

Cole Express – The Uncommon Carrier
Profiled in Mike Terebecki's The Trucking Pioneers Book IV (click image to see Book index)

Acquisitions

Seller Name		Seller State	Sale Year	Data Source
Mc Gary Transportation Co Inc	Houlton	ME	sld1950	DQ
Bemis Express	Bangor	ME	sld1959	DQ
Houlton Truck Express			sld1961	DQ
Foley, W J Trucking Co	Portland	ME	sld1963	DQ
Maine-Border Freightways Inc (Portions)	Portland	ME	sld1963	DQ
Graham's Express Inc	Lincoln	ME	sld1965	DQ
Hunnewell Trucking Inc	Portland	ME	sld1970	DQ
Ayer's Express	Providence	RI	sld1973	DQ
Fred's Express	Bangor	ME	sld1973	DQ
Higgins Express	Blue Hill	ME	sld1973	DQ
Peerless Motor Express Inc (Portions)	Holbrook	MA	sld1973	DQ
Law Trucking Co	Lincoln	RI	sld1980	DQ

60 Years of Cole's Express
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40 Years of Cole's Express
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The Cole Company
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Allie Cole - A Maine Pioneer
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Acquisitions

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